Maul



Julie 21, 1927.

' Y F. C. EHINGER MAUL Filed Sept. 28 1925 affoznu o Patented June 21, 1927.

PATENT orril oa;

FRED C. EHINGER, OF PALMYRA, MICHIGAN.

MAUL.

Application filed September 28, 1925. Serial No. 59,153.

The invention relates to mauls and has for its main object the provision of a maul having a wooden head, a metal casing and a handle, which are so arranged that the head and casing are positively secured to each other by means of the handle and furthermore the handle cannot become disengaged from the head and casing while the maul is being used. Another object of the invention is to provide means integral with the casing for engaging in a concavity of the head to hold the head in the casing. Further objects of the invention reside in the novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a maul embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Figures 3 and 4 are cross sections respectively on the lines 33 and 44 of Figure 2;

The maul comprises the wooden head 1, the metal casing 2 and the handle 3. The head 1 is preferably formed of seasoned second growth hardwood so that it will have a comparatively long life. The casing 2 is preferably formed of cast malleable iron or steel and comprises the spaced rings 4 and the integral webs 5 extending between the rings on opposite sides thereof. The wooden head preferably has a force fit with the rings and this head is secured to the casing by means of the handle 3, which is preferably formed of wood, this handle being tapered to have a diameter larger atv its lower end than at its upper end. This handle is insortable through the webs 5 of the casing and the wooden head 1 with its upper end foremost and its lower end firmly engages in the openings of the webs and wooden head to key the wooden head and casing together.

With the arrangement as thus far set forth it will be seen that I have provided a construction of maul in which the wooden head is firmly secured to the metal casing by means of the handle which is tapered so that it cannot become disengaged from the wooden head and casing while the maul is in use.

For the purpose of more positively securing the wooden head to the metal casing this head has intermediate the spaced rings 4 of the casing the annular concave portion 6 and the webs 5 are pressed inwardly into firm engagement with this portion thereby removing a portion of the shearing stress to which the handle is subjected during the use of the maul.

What I claim as my invention is:-

1. In a maul, the combination with a wood head provided wtih a recess, of a metal casing for said head, the said casing having a malleable portion movable into engagement with the recess in the head for securing the casing to the head.

2. In a: maul, the combination with a wood head provided with a concavity intermediate its ends, of a casing for said head, the said casing having an integral depressible portion seata'ble in the concavity in the head for securing the casing to the head.

3. In a maul, the combination with a metal casing comprising spaced rings and integral malleable webs extending between said rings on opposite sides thereof, of a wood head having a force fit with said rings and extending between same, said head having a portion intermediate said rings provided with a concavity and one of said webs being depressible to seat in said concavity and a handle extending transversely from said.

head.

4. In a maul, the combination with a metal casing comprising spaced rings and integral webs extending through said spaced rings on opposite sides thereof, of a wood head having a force fit with said rings and ex= tending beyond the same, said head having an annular concave portion intermediate said rings and said webs being depressible to engage in said concave portion and a tapered handle having its upper end insertable through said webs and head and its lower end keying said casing and head together.

5. In a maul the combination with a metal casing comprising spaced rings and integral webs extending between said rings on opposite sides thereof, of a wood head havin a force fit w1th said rings and extending be yond the same, the said head having a orregistering with the opening in the head, and

tion intermediate the rings provided wit an a tapered handle having its upper end inannular concavity and aving an opening sertable through the openings in the webs 10 through said concavity, the said webs being and in the head and its lower end keying malleable and being depressed inwardly to said casingand headtogether.

engage in the concave portion and having en- In testimony whereof I aifix my signature. larged portions provided with openings FRED C. EHINGER. 

